Cliffhanger (1993) - WHY was Frank smiling?
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In the opening of Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger (1993), there is a tense scene in which Sarah, the girlfriend of one of the protagonists, is hanging on for dear life on a zip wire, thousands of feet in the air up in the mountains. Only the right bicep of Sylvester Stallone can decide her fate, as he desperately clings on to her, while she slips slowly to her inevitable doom.
It's all edgy stuff. However, viewers have noticed something over the years - in the helicopter hovering next to the mountain, Frank, the sweet elderly mountain rescuer, can clearly be seen smiling like a maniac whilst Sarah struggles for her life.
Just to put that into perspective, whilst this was going on:
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Frank was watching on with this expression:
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As you may have guessed, he's the one on the right.
And not only that, after Sarah falls to her death Frank can clearly been seen cackling away.
This turn of events has sparked numerous debates for decades over the motives of Frank's reaction. It's the question on everyone's lips...WHY was Frank smiling?
Click here to watch the full scene
In the opening of Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger (1993), there is a tense scene in which Sarah, the girlfriend of one of the protagonists, is hanging on for dear life on a zip wire, thousands of feet in the air up in the mountains. Only the right bicep of Sylvester Stallone can decide her fate, as he desperately clings on to her, while she slips slowly to her inevitable doom.
It's all edgy stuff. However, viewers have noticed something over the years - in the helicopter hovering next to the mountain, Frank, the sweet elderly mountain rescuer, can clearly be seen smiling like a maniac whilst Sarah struggles for her life.
Just to put that into perspective, whilst this was going on:
[link=http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3260226048/tt0106582?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_58[/link]
Frank was watching on with this expression:
[link=http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3914537472/tt0106582?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_60[/link]
As you may have guessed, he's the one on the right.
And not only that, after Sarah falls to her death Frank can clearly been seen cackling away.
This turn of events has sparked numerous debates for decades over the motives of Frank's reaction. It's the question on everyone's lips...WHY was Frank smiling?
Click here to watch the full scene
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